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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Malachiina » Axinotarsus » Axinotarsus pulicarius
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Shiny beetle on hydrangea - Axinotarsus pulicarius - female
Copyright © 2008 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Shiny beetle on hydrangea - Axinotarsus pulicarius - Female
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 5, 2008
Size: 4mm approx

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Shiny beetle on hydrangea - Axinotarsus pulicarius - female Shiny beetle on hydrangea - Axinotarsus pulicarius - female
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 5 July, 2008 - 10:52am
Last updated 29 June, 2011 - 7:16pm

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Moved from Axinotarsus.
… v belov, 29 June, 2011 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively -- it does look a lot like an Axinotarsus...
Moved from Soft-winged Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 28 January, 2010 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

Shiny beetle on Hydrangia.
This is a very interesting pair of photos. I don't know of any native North American species of Malachiinae that have the intermediate antennal segments elongated as in these photos. This is probably an exotic species introduced from Europe! Possibly a species of Axinotarsus or related genus. Unfortunately, the photos appear to be of a female. If the male could be found and photographed, it would probably be identifiable.
… Adriean Mayor, 28 January, 2010 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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